-What Controversial Topic Did William Gropper's "Automobile Industry" Mural in a Detroit

question 5

Multiple Choice

-What controversial topic did William Gropper's "Automobile Industry" mural in a Detroit post office, which glorified autoworkers and was a part of the Treasury Department's project to put artists to work during the Great Depression, leave out?

• A) the deadening routine of the assembly line and the numerous strikes in this industry
• B) the poverty resulting from Henry Ford's refusal to implement higher wages
• C) the charity given by the states to autoworkers during the Great Depression
• D) the laziness characteristic of WPA workers who did nothing and wasted time

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